Lee Marvin

Matthew McConaughey likes to turn things over in his mind. And since we've just uncorked a good bottle of Pinot Noir at a corner table in the Beverly Hills Four Seasons bar ("We'll give that just a little air and we're good," he says in that musical Texas drawl of his) and McConaughey has shed his coat and rolled up his sleeves, the time seems as good as any to talk about the reasons behind the ongoing reinvention of his acting career or, as the 44-year-old actor once labeled it, the McConaissance.

The fruits of this revival have been readily apparent to moviegoers the last couple of years through a run of acclaimed, distinctive films, including "The...

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